Relating Stress of Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities to Family-School Partnerships

Autor/inn/en	Burke, Meghan M.; Hodapp, Robert M.
Titel	Relating Stress of Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities to Family-School Partnerships
Quelle	In: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 52 (2014) 1, S.13-23 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-9556
DOI	10.1352/1934-9556-52.1.13
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Stress Variables; Developmental Disabilities; Children; Family School Relationship; National Surveys; Questionnaires; Individual Characteristics; Advocacy; Behavior Problems; Down Syndrome; Autism; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Minority Groups; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Entwicklungsstörung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Fragebogen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sozialanwaltschaft; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Autismus; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	Although mothers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience high levels of stress and schools constitute an important resource, the relation remains unknown between maternal stress and educational services. Responding to a national, web-based survey, 965 mothers of students with disabilities completed a 163-item questionnaire about parent stress. We examined which child, parent, and parent-school characteristics correlated with maternal stress. Mothers with lower stress levels reported better parent-school relationships and low levels of parent advocacy. However, lower stress levels were predominantly shown by mothers with good-to-excellent parent-school relationships (vs. poor-to-fair partnerships) and who engaged in virtually no (vs. any) advocacy activities. Lower maternal stress levels were also noted when children had fewer behavior problems, Down syndrome, and did not have autism. Less stress was also reported by mothers who had not enacted procedural safeguards, were minorities, and rated themselves lower on neuroticism and were more extroverted, dependable, and open to new experiences. This study has important implications for practitioners and researchers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 7065, Lawrence, KS 66044-7065. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://aaiddjournals.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10